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Lips Workflow Substance

The document provides instructions for setting up lip detailing alphas in Substance Painter, including importing the alphas, setting up the brush and material properties, and an overview of the naming conventions and basic workflow for using the main and transition lip alphas to gradually cover the lips for a natural appearance. Questions about the alphas can be directed to the creator by email or Twitter.

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Lips Workflow Substance

The document provides instructions for setting up lip detailing alphas in Substance Painter, including importing the alphas, setting up the brush and material properties, and an overview of the naming conventions and basic workflow for using the main and transition lip alphas to gradually cover the lips for a natural appearance. Questions about the alphas can be directed to the creator by email or Twitter.

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Lips Detail Alpha Pack

Substance Painter Guide

by Todor Nikolov
Substance Painter Setup

Import lip alphas into painter by either


• clicking File > Import Resources…
• dragging and dropping fles or folders into the Shelf window
• more info here
• select alphas. If you downloaded the Substance package just choose one of the included TIF fles. If you
downloaded the individual fle formats choose form tif_16bit fles (works best with Substance!)
Brush Setup
Brush
• adjust Size as needed (shortcut ctrl+RMB+drag mouse leftright)
• Stroke Opacity: 30~80
• adjust Angle as needed (shortcut ctrl+LMB+drag mouse uptdown)
• Alignment: Tangent | Wrap or Camera
Alpha:
• Shape Brick alpha (included in Substance Painter by default)
• hardness: 0.5
Material:
• turn Height channel ON. Turn all other channels OFF
• drag and drop the lip alpha you want to use into the Height slot
(see image below)
Basic Workflow

Main Alphas
The naming of the main alphas follows this pattern:

lipsXX_upper/lower_Mid/L/R.tif

• XX is a number. All alphas with the same number belong to a set. (Each set is based on real
lips so detailing the whole lip with the same alpha-set will produce natural-looking results )
• upper/lower: alphas named “_upper_” are meant to be used on the upper lip. “_lower_” are
meant for the lower lip.
• Mid/L/R: lips are curved so they are hard to cover with a single alpha. Each alpha-set is
therefore split into Mid, L or R. Mid covers the center portion of the lip. LtR cover the lef
and right corners respectively.
Transition/In-between Alphas
This alpha package includes several “transition” or “in-between” alphas. Their main purpose is to
fll gaps lef afer applying the main alphas. Transition alphas are named:

lipsXX_upper/lower_tr1/2/3.tif

• XX: as with the main alphas this number means the alpha belongs to a specifc set. Use the
same set for predictable results.
• uppertlower: upper or lower lip
• tr1t2t3: there are a few variations of each “transition alpha”, just in case.
The above is just general recommendations.
You can also use several “transition alphas” to gradually cover the whole lip and create unique
variations.
Using one alpha-set on the upper lip and another on the lower will certainly be alright in most
cases.
Some “upper” alphas may work well on the lower lip and vice versa.
Etc. :)

Questions? Suggestions? Made something awesome?


Contact me:
[email protected]
twitter: @toshicg

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